This, among all other Marley records, is a masterpiece. I'll take you through my Bob Marley ceremonies.

Ah, Im feeling cuddely and emotional and spiritually powerfull. What shall I listen to? Rastaman Vibration, or Kaya, what a hard decision. I think I'll go with Rastaman this evening.

To get myself in the mood, I light some Gonesh #8 Insence, fire up some sage, and variouse other WORTHY herbs. I turn off the lights, and plug in my colored light bulbs. Blue in the kitchen, red in the bedroom, and the blessed black light in the den.

I take a deep breathe, and I get ready, press play, and

1: Posotive Vibration

begins. Ahh the mixture of funk and nature is delicious. I feel the urge to walk slowly around the room bobbing to the beat, shakin my booty, never quite straightening my leggs.

2: Roots, Rock, Reggae

sends a tidal wave of soul through my body. Not only does the music tickle my insides, but the political message makes me feel as if I've got to take action, I fly through the house, my interpretive dance making me sweat.

3: Johnny Was

instantly mellows me out. Im back to the slow bobbing of my torso. This is a song that makes you sad from beauty. A song of a mother losing her son to political violence. I pound my head to the slow raggea beat.

4: Cry to Me

brightens me right back up. Still a slower beat, melding with the previous songs style, but I feel as a mountain must feel in the morning when the sun begins to warm it. This song is about solace and comfort. I want to kiss.

5: Want More

pumps me into a frenzy instantly. Im mad when I hear this song, mad at myself, you'll understand when you hear the lyrics. (this song is about being mad at your own inability to be happy with what you have) I scream on the inside at the validity of this song. Im frusterated, but its beautiful....I must skank.

6: Crazy Baldhead

gets me funkdafied, as it should, being about rejecting mofo's who try to trip up your groove. Im a very aggresive person, I feel this song SO much. Marley haunts me with his rolling verbal art, much like the rantings of a blues singer, scoodelyeydabooscoodely, I am raging in slow motion to this song.

7: Who The Cap Fit

move's me back to a fluent harmonic cloud. The wailers are singing like water in the background. Marley sings to me about how evil people are. He allows me to relish in the beatiful people, and the squashing of those not deserving. "Who the cap fit, let them wear it" tells me not to pay attention to the evil that tortures me. I wish I could remember this every second of my life. I am now letting the couch support the weight that this song is putting on me. I bob my head back and forth to these words from god. F*ck the corrupters! Live in the beauty! LOVE

8: Night Shift

makes me grin and cry and waver back and forth "if its allllnight, its got to be allllright" This is me right here baby. This is ME. Im overflowing. I want to jump out the window im so excited. TAKE ACTION TAKE ACTION. Im PUMPED. This is the anthem of the downtrodden. Keep your vibe up yo.

9: WAR

is immediatly pure marley, his voice is louder on this track. He's telling truth. "everywhere is war" The hair on my skin is raising, its heavy funk. It's not just whiny race relations right here, this is the cry of every suffering person, and it's our RIGHT, our RIGHT TO CRY OUT!!!! Im screaming inside! The horns in this song make my spine feel strong.

10: Rat Race

calms me down a bit, but not enough to keep me from dancing.... it is more anguish disguised by beautiful talented beats, with the wailers singing along behind marley, echoing his awakening words. "Rasta don't work for no cia" "Dont forget your history" "Rat race" Bob and me are disgusted by the kill or be killed attitude the world exists on. Dancing and singing is the only way to block it out. For this 45 minutes, everything is candy, and everything is ok. I am left emotionally drained. There's no way I can even move.....until someone pops another marley cd in :-)

This opinion might be a little silly, but it's true to life. This is me, and this is my magic.













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